How Apple Could Have Avoided Wrath for Their iOS 6 Maps Switch

How Apple Could Have Avoided Wrath for Their iOS 6 Maps Switch

Apple is currently facing flak from different corners for shipping their half-baked Maps with iOS 6. The major issue here is that the Apple Maps are absolutely unusable in most places, specially outside US. Many people believe that Apple has let down its customers by forcing upon a crappy app in order to satiate their ego. Why did Apple get [...]

     
 
 

iOS 6 Might Introduce Delta Updates for Apps

iOS 6 Might Introduce Delta Updates for Apps

Updating in Apple’s mobile operating system is currently underlying a boring definition: once something new appears, the application is forced to download the new version completely, right from scratch. That means more time is spent while updating and more data traffic is being consumed. Of course, this might not bother those who only play indie games or use standard applications, [...]

     
 
 

Siri Stays Paralyzed Without Local Search in Most Countries

Siri Stays Paralyzed Without Local Search in Most Countries

Apple made a plethora of announcements during the WWDC 2012 keynote earlier this week, which included the next version of their popular mobile operating system, the iOS 6. In addition to the all new Apple Maps, revamped AppStore, new Passbook app, Facebook integration and many other enhancements, Apple announced the much needed upgrades for Siri. Siri is More Powerful Than [...]

     
 
 

Apple Sourcing Maps Data from Microsoft (Bing Maps)

Apple Sourcing Maps Data from Microsoft (Bing Maps)

Apple announced iOS 6 at WWDC yesterday and with that they announced a brand new Maps application which replaces Google Maps as the default Maps app on all iOS devices. The all-new Maps application is built from the ground up by Apple, and features turn-by-turn navigation & anonymous, real-time, crowd-sourced traffic data. Apple also announced that they are teaming up [...]